Choco-Fest, Wi-Fi history, a phone that smells cancer and more…This week from the Startup Nation

The Israeli company that wants to remake Wi-Fi history

When examining the vision behind Israeli tech company Powermat, you must go 14 years back to the year 2001: The Starbucks coffee chain had just installed WiFi antennas at their US branches, enabling customers to surf the internet from their laptops using no cables. Today, wireless internet has become something that goes without saying, but one Israeli company takes it one step further.

Israeli-based Powermat is trying to remake history, with the same coffee chain, Starbucks, but this time the star of the show will be a wireless charging pad that enables phones to fill up with battery without the use of a cable or phone charger.

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Israelis and Americans launch first commercial solar field in East-Africa

Last week, delegates from around the world gathered in Rwanda to celebrate the inauguration of East Africa’s first solar field. Gigawatt Global company, run by Americans and Israelis stands behind the initiative. The company’s $23.7 million, 8.5 MW solar field is the first utility-scale solar power plant in the region, and the largest solar field on the continent outside of South Africa and Mauritius.

Made up of 28,360 photovoltaic panels on a 20-hectare (50 acres) plot of land, the field is now supplying 6 percent of Rwanda’s power supply, and will be harnessing the sun’s light for 25 years according to the power purchase agreement.

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